A class (of persons, animals, or things) having common attributes; a species, sort, kind; = kind, n. 8. Obsolete.

A class or category of things distinguished by common characteristics and attributes possessed by its members; (usually with of) each of the…

One of the parts into which a whole is divided; a division, section; a class, category.

A (notional) array of persons (or occasionally things) of a certain kind; a set, class, category. Usually with modifying word or phrase specifying…

A species, kind, sort, or variety.

A sort, kind, or species. Obsolete.

A particular make, shape, style, or pattern. Somewhat archaic.

A species, kind. In 14–15th centuries also spice, n.

A division, class, or kind; a genus. Obsolete.

A kind or sort of something. Obsolete. rare.

A kind, variety, etc., of thing(s). Cf. allsorts, n.

A general concept, category, or designation, esp. one under which something is comprehended or classed; a classificatory term. Frequently with of.

A distinct class, sort, or kind, of something specifically mentioned or indicated. Frequently const. of.

A type, a variety. Obsolete. rare.

A race, a kind; a species of men, animals, or things, having common qualities. Now usually contemptuous; = ‘swarm, crew, crowd’.

A group of people or things of a similar type; a class, set, kind. Obsolete.

A class, group, kind, or sort of people, animals, or things, distinguished from others by character, quality or importance; a type or category.

Chiefly poetic. A class of animals, plants, or things having a common quality or characteristic.

Race, lineage, stock, family; strain; a line of descendants from a particular parentage, and… gen. A kind, a species, a set. Now colloquial.

A kind, class, or grade (of things). ? Obsolete.

figurative and transferred. The sort of ‘lot’ to which a thing belongs by origin (as loaves do to their own batch). Obsolete.

The liquor drawn from a particular tap; a particular species or quality of drink. Also figurative a particular strain or kind of anything. colloquial.

A class or category. Obsolete. rare.

A subordinate class or division in a system of classification; spec. in later use (Botany) a taxonomic category ranking below division and above…

A notion or category. Obsolete. rare.

A class, or division, in any general scheme of classification. spec. in Linguistics (see quots.).

A class, sort, or kind (of things or persons) distinguished or distinguishable by a specific name.

A distinguishing mark or feature; a particular type. Obsolete.

Similarly used in classifications of other sciences (see quots.). Obsolete.

A group or system of (usually similar) things or beings associated by common characteristics (denoted by a distinguishing word or phrase), or…

A kind or class of things.

A class, group, kind, or sort of things.

A group of things of the same sort; a class formed by assorting. spec. in Forestry (see quots.). Also attributive.

A type or class of people or things.

A kind, sort, or type, as determined by manner of composition or construction, or by outward appearance.

A group, an arrangement; a category or classification.

A category to which something is assigned; a class.

A secondary or subordinate category; an identifiable subsection of a group or category (whether formally recognized or not).

A kind, class, or order as distinguished by a particular character.

figurative. A group, category; a range. spec. in Economics, an agreed range of currencies, goods, etc., whose combined values can be used as a…